Overview

Chuck Bennett discovers from an old family bible that many years ago a man from Missouri cached his diamonds somewhere in the area of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. When news gets out about the discovery, so-called descendants of the man are eager to question Chuck and his friend and make off with the loot. The boys manage to foil all of these would-be heirs and ultimately put their discovery to good use. The recurrent themes of the books in the Wilderness Mystery Series are natural phenomena—caves, canyons, mountains, sand dunes, and forests—and a sense of the past as seen through archaeology. In many of the narratives, events of long ago are seen to have left traces of their passing. Notwithstanding the fact that the books were written in the 1950s, the progressive Franklin Folsom (alias Troy Nesbit) had refreshing views of women, Native Americans, and the environment, and he was prescient in having his characters often oppose corporate and government efforts to develop wilderness areas.

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Author:   Troy Nesbit
Publisher:   Taylor Trade Publishing
Imprint:   Taylor Trade Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 18.30cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9781589798090

ISBN 10:   1589798090
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   16 May 2013
Recommended Age:   From 8 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children's (6-12)
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: “There’s More to This” Chapter 2: The Mysterious Drawer Chapter 3: Clues Chapter 4: Caves to Explore Chapter 5: Under the Stones Chapter 6: Millions of Bats Chapter 7: The Name on the Wall Chapter 8: Knock and It Shall Be Opened Chapter 9: A Low-down Genius Chapter 10: Collecting Evidence Chapter 11: Trouble at the Bide-a-Wee Chapter 12: Sammy Again Chapter 13: In Carlsbad Caverns Chapter 14: The “Ghost” of Abijah Jones Chapter 15: Trouble at Black River Chapter 16: The Missing Clue Chapter 17: Where Was a Cave Chapter 18: Discovery Chapter 19: Spies on the Highway Chapter 20: Through the Enemy Lines Chapter 21: The Creature in the Cave Chapter 22: Surrounded! Chapter 23: The Second Row Chapter 24: Trapped Chapter 25: Sammy’s Nickel Chapter 26: The Last of the Joneses

Reviews

[Folsom] brought high ideals to the [mystery] genre, and he deserves to be better known among those who read and collect series literature. The Mystery & Adventure Series Review

[Folsom] brought high ideals to the [mystery] genre, and he deserves to be better known among those who read and collect series literature. * The Mystery & Adventure Series Review *

[Folsom] brought high ideals to the [mystery] genre, and he deserves to be better known among those who read and collect series literature.

Author Information

Troy Nesbit was a nom de plume of the late Franklin Folsom, a graduate of the University of Colorado and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford in 1928. The author of over eighty books under various names, he was also an avocational anthropologist and wrote several scholarly books on Native Americans of the American Southwest.

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